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Originally Posted by ndnchf
These "what did you do today... " discussions are popular on other forums and provide a place to share something you did that may not warrant its own new topic. So feel free to share any little flathead V8 projects you worked on, found, started, finished or saw. We'll see where this goes. I'll start.
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I posted up a pix of my Mallory distributor for the '32 B engine. It is a rather unique engine... guts all new, line bored on original FOMOCO line boring machines... mains n rods as used originally at Ford Motor Co... and operator was an original FOMOCO employee operator of the machines to line bore back then for the rebuild. Engine came into shop as a modifed B 4 cyl... owner wanted a stocker for an A sedan restoration. It has some flathead V8 specialties: oil filter is a 1950 Ford original oil filter; bolt on bracket. And pressure for the mains, all 3, is supplied by a flathead oil pump, grafted onto outside of the timing cover and driven off the cam. custom cam grind, higher CR . counter balanced crank, too.
As the vintage engine shop owner told me... they had to make a special off loading ramp and take it out to the airport. The B engine came in on owner's private Lear jet... he flew it in. It came down the steps leading to the cabin seating area.
I have had it for awhile. never (yet) restarted since rebuild.